Recent content by Splotto

Thank you!

Mostly Counter Strike: Global Offensive. No SSD. That was my first suggestion. :-)

Hello: Thanks for the quick replies. Maybe the better upgrade are the monitors. :-)

Hello Community! Sadly, while I used to be deeper into the hardware world then I am these days, one thing I remembered is that THIS is the place to come for solid advice. A while ago I helped my friends son build his first PC. Well, with the holidays rolling around, I seem to have taught...

Hello: I am looking to buy a new laptop for about $600 or less. I will mostly use it for surfing the web, email, OFFICE apps and playing some games (but I am not looking for top gaming performance since it will be the least use for the laptop). I am always a fan of getting the best...

Rob: Your comments about power were echoed on another forum. Thanks. Of course the home server doesn NEED 4 gigs. That is just whats on the dead Mobo. It's working fine. The home server is running Windows Server 2003. I was also considering looking into other OS options but I am...

That certainly is cheap. I have received similar comments about the power consumption as I received here. I also didn't add that I am running a P3 3.2 Ghz cpu now so the Xeons may not be such a big upgrade. Splotto

Hello: I am thinking of upgrading my home server. Not a heavy load. Serving files; email server for a few users, etc. I am lucky enough to have access to 2 Xeon processors that go along with this motherboard: http://www.intel.com/support/m...ards/server/se7505vb2/ I am not sure which...

I received mine from eVGA today. It shipped yesterday. I had ordered it last week (11/4). they bumped me to next day from 3 day for the delay. Splotto

Hello: Looks like I found my issue......the dreaded undervolt. Set my mem voltage to 2.1 and it seems to be going fine. Thanks, Splotto

Hello: Received all my parts yesterday and spend the afternoon putting together my new rig. Initially the system booted fine and went right into BIOS. After saving it hung with a flashing cursor on the first boot. After several attempted reboots I got to various points in the boot...

Hello: Thanks for the advice on the CPU's. I am working on reading up on them today.

Great. Thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to getting the new system up and running. Splotto

Hello: A follow up question(s) on the memory - is PC6400 (800) the consensus on which speed to get? Why not go with faster DDR2 then the 800? Splotto

Hokie & Denithor: Thanks for the feedback. Splotto